"And just what do you think you're doing, Natsu Dragneel?" The mysterious black hooded figure asked with a smirk while playing with Natsu's fire in their hands.
Natsu bared his teeth at the interruption, "I don't have time for this!" he shouted; he then raised his hands over his head, creating a large ball of fire, "Dazzling Blaze of the Fire Dragon!" He threw the ball of fire at the tower, but it was drawn in by the hooded figure, who started to play with it in his hands. "Cut that out!"
"I'm afraid I can't let you touch this tower," the figure said, "It wouldn't go well for what's being planned…"
"What!?" Natsu had already heard enough, this figure's actions were endangering an entire planet, and Natsu couldn't sit around and do nothing about it. He rushed the figure quickly, flames appearing on his hands as he rushed the figure with a series of fast punches, fire trailing behind every punch. The figure was unfazed though, as they easily dodged all the punches, then took the fire from Natsu's hands, confusing Natsu as the figure threw their own punch with black fire trailing behind it, hitting Natsu square in the jaw, causing him to skid back a little. "W-What the…what was…hot…?"
"This is my fire, Natsu," the figure said. Natsu could deduce that the figure was indeed male from the voice. "Try some," the figure grinned sadistically as he threw the black fire at Natsu, covering him in flames."
Natsu instinctively attempted to eat the flames, but he found that he was unable to do so, "I can't eat these…!" He was slightly in pain, but he glared at the figure who was chuckling mockingly at him.
"Of course you can't! These are from another world, another universe even," The figure then waved his hand, bringing the flames off Natsu. He was toying with the Dragon Slayer, and he made it be known that he was. However, this only enraged Natsu as he growled, charging the villain once more.
Halberd:
Metaknight had restrained Crash, making sure the maverick human wasn't able to move. However, he made a worried sound when he observed the map, seeing that one tower still hadn't gone down, "What's taking him so long…"
Sailor Moon, King Dedede, and Link had finished up taking out the forces that had boarded the Halberd and made their way back to the main room. "Any lucky?" Link asked.
"No," Metaknight replied. "Natsu still has yet to take out his tower…"
"What's taking him so long?" Sailor Moon asked, also examining her new Tiare as well, having learned a few new moves from it.
"I don't know but-" Before Metaknight could finish, a large explosion from the right side of the ship shook the entire ship. "What was that!?"
Waddle Dee rushed into the room, his arms flailing. "T-T-THE RIGHT WING OF THE SHIP GOT BLOWN OFF!" As he said that the ship already started to tilt to the right, throwing the Halberd out of alignment with the tower.
"The fire kid has to hurry up!" Dedede shouted.
"Get the cannon ready!" Metaknight ordered. His soldiers nodded and went to the main cannon, readying it quickly.
Tower:
Natsu rushed the figure with a series of fire infused punches and kicks. The figure played along with this came, dodging a few of the punches, blocking the kicks. Natsu then threw a flaming roundhouse at the figure's cheek, but the figure put up his forearm, blocking the kick with ease. "Oh, so close," the figure said in a mocking tone. The figure then brought his free hand up, upper cutting Natsu's chin, sending Natsu flying back. Natsu planted a hand on the ground, and he started to spin with fire emitting from his feet. He quickly turned this momentum into a fire tornado, spinning towards the figure with extreme force and velocity. "Oh?" The figure smirked, waving his hand to remove all the fire away from Natsu, then trapped Natsu in a black fire tornado, causing Natsu to scream out in pain. "Oh, is this too hot for you?" The figure laughed mockingly. "GOOD!"
"RAAAAH!" Natsu's orange flames flared brilliantly as he escaped from the black fire tornado, the fire around him blazing. Two magical circles appeared under his feet and he flew towards the figure while covered in fire. "Fire Dragon's Horn!"
"Tsk tsk…" The figure wagged a finger tauntingly, also removing the fire from Natsu. "You never learn." The figure then aimed a sharp kick to the incoming Natsu's head, sending him rolling across the ground.
"D-Damm it…" Natsu panted as he came to a halt, panting slightly. Nothing he was doing was working, and everything was riding on him, as usual. Natsu stood up, his will as hard as ever. "Not giving up…"
"You might as well," the figure said, snapping his fingers, trapping Natsu in a blazing hot ball of black fire. "You can't eat this, you can't win. I control all elements, and unfortunately for you, you rely on fire. Unlike your friends." He chuckled, watching Natsu attempt to break free by using his flames to try and over power the black flames. "It's useless. These are the flames from a magic your world isn't even connected to. Game over, Natsu Dragneel." He chuckled as Natsu's flames finally gave out, and he turned his back. ….A few seconds later an inhaling sound could be heard. "WHAT THE…!?" The figure turned, seeing his giant black flame being consumed.
Natsu finished consuming the flame, wiping his mouth and smirking, "Thanks for the meal. Now that I've eaten, I'm all fired up!" Natsu pounded his fist together, large red magical circles appearing. "Secret Dragon Slayer Art!" He rushed the figure, his flames now black as he repeatedly punched the figure in a never ending stream of punches fire trailing behind each punch, "1000 claws of the Fire Dragon!" Natsu ended his relentless combo with a powerful punch to the figure's face, sending the skidding back across the ground. Natsu wasn't done yet though. Right after he punched the figure away he jumped into the air, holding a large ball of fire in his hands, "Dazzling Blaze of the Fire Dragon!" he hurled the ball forward, the blaze crashing with the figure and sent him back, smoking.
"What the hell!? How is this possible!?" The figure said, panting heavily.
Natsu decided it was time to finish this up, so he puffed his cheeks, then threw his head forward, "Fire Dragon's Roar!" The blaze traveled towards the figure.
"Ah, did you forget!" The figure directed the flame to the side, "I can control fire! You're attacks won't hit me anymore!"
Natsu smirked as he landed on the ground, "Who said I was aiming for you?"
"What?" The figure then looked to the side, realizing his grave mistake; he redirected the fire into the tower, causing it to explode, "NO!"
"Look!" Sailor Moon pointed to the red dot on the map that faded.
"NOW!" Metaknight commanded for the cannon to be fired, just in the nick of time too. The barrier surrounding the large tower vanished, and the Halberd's cannon fired off right at the moment, a large, thick, blue beam of energy flying directly towards it. All was silent as the blast flew out of sight; did Aile's plan work? BOOOOM! A large explosion shook the entire planet as the tower exploded, all Eggbot and Maverick units immediately deactivating after, and the planets dying grass flourished once more.
"POYO!" Kirby waved his hand in the air in victory.
"We did it!" Aile smirked, her plan having been a complete success.
"YAHOO!" Mario jumped for joy at the sight of the explosion.
"Too easy, piece of cake!" Sonic smirked, rubbing his finger under his nose.
"Heh, I knew we could do it," Shu grinned, doing a flip, and put a thumbs up into the air, the blue dragon mimicking the thumbs up and gave a victorious roar."
Natsu turned, wanting to smirk at the figure, but he had vanished. "Heh, I'll finish things with you later," Natsu then fell over, exhausted from magic usage. "We won…"